Saturday night was a huge night for boxing. Not for anything that happened in the 12-round domination of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. by Canelo Alvarez, but for what happened afterwards in the ring at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The biggest fight in boxing was officially announced, as Gennady “GGG” Golovkin entered the ring as he and Canelo confirmed that the sport’s two biggest current stars would indeed meet on September 16, 2017.
It’s the fight the sport has been waiting on for two years, and it’s finally happening. It’s the exact event the sport needs to capitalize on the excitement buzzing after Anthony Joshua’s incredible bout with Wladimir Klitschko, and the two sides finally got the deal done. However, as one mega-fight got finalized, another apparently has to go back to the drawing board.
UFC president Dana White told FightHubTV that they just lost their planned date for the long-rumored Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor bout to Canelo-GGG.
“We just lost our date to Canelo and GGG, but good, that’s a good fight,” White said from the tunnel in T-Mobile Arena.
It was reported that T-Mobile Arena was holding a date for a fight in June, and it was assumed that it had been set aside for Mayweather-McGregor. However, that was June 10 and White is saying that September 16 was the actual date they had planned and now, whether Canelo-GGG fight in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena or elsewhere (AT&T Stadium in Dallas, where Canelo fought two bouts ago, could be in play as the Cowboys are on the road Sept. 17), that is off because the two fights won’t want to compete with the other. The difference between the two is that Canelo-GGG is actually happening and there’s a contract signed, while Mayweather-McGregor remains a hypothetical bout that only exists as something to talk about as of now.
